Push The Roll with Ross Bryant | Call of Cthulhu Improv TTRPG Podcast
byRoss Bryant
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Call of Cthulhu actual play meets improv comedy in a fast, funny TTRPG show with Ross Bryant. A weekly actual play podcast where Ross (Dropout TV, The Glass Cannon Podcast) and friends turn listener prompts into cinematic horror‑comedy one‑shots. For fans of tabletop roleplaying, improv, and spooky laughs.How it works:Patreon supporters submit weird and funny scenario titles each month. Ross and friends roll dice against these prompts to spark a brand-new Call of Cthulhu one-shot on the spot. Midway through, they “push the roll” to introduce another suggestion that twists the horror.If you’re into actual pla...
Episodes(40 episodes)
Season 1 - Episode 21
The Worst Gift Ever Given 2/3 | Invictus Call of Cthulhu
A holiday investigation drifts off the rails as the group uncovers something deeply wrong. Visions and warnings begin to pile up, pointing toward a larger pattern no one can quite name yet. What is this "gift" anyway?Content Warnings: self-harm, suicide, animal sacrifice, cannibalism, misophonia, sexual references, religious imagery, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreBecca Scott as Brenda the BoldPaula Deming as MarcellaJosephine McAdam as Caspius Lawcuppycup as Maximus ArtifexDialogue Editing...
Published: Dec 31, 2025Duration: 1h 4m 0s
Season 1 - Episode 20
The Worst Gift Ever Given 1/3 with Becca Scott
A festive title inspires an improvised Call of Cthulhu story set during Saturnalia in Imperial Rome. Prophecy, sacrifice, and cosmic horror! Merry Saturnalia, I guess.Content Warnings: animal sacrifice, harm to children, misophonia, sexual references, religious imagery, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreBecca Scott as Brenda the BoldPaula Deming as MarcellaJosephine McAdam as Caspius Lawcuppycup as Maximus ArtifexDialogue Editing by cuppycupSound and Music Design by cuppycup...
Published: Dec 24, 2025Duration: 47m 27s
Bout of Radness (Freebie) | Companion Show to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant
Ohhh yeah. We're dropping a free episode of Bout of Radness, our Patreon companion show to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. This is a full-on hangout with a truly deranged buffet of unused titles we absolutely wish we could've used. It’s an hour of horror brainstorming and media inspiration with Ross Bryant, cuppycup, Scott Dorward, and Mary Lou. We also chat about our most recent series "Side Effects May Include..."Join us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pushtherollThanks, as always, for supporting the show. Humanity > robots. 🖤Sub...
Published: Dec 22, 2025Duration: 1h 6m 43s
Season 1 - Episode 19
Side Effects May Include... 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot
The group’s plan to gather evidence collapses almost immediately, sending everything into chaos. The line between waking life and nightmare logic continues to blur.Content Warnings: drugging, kidnapping, body horror (incl. fingernails), drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreColton Dunn as Dr. Reginald BiggsMary Lou as Beth SilvermanScott Dorward as Charlie Finchcuppycup as Hitch GordonDialogue Editing by cuppycupSound and Music Design by cuppycup...
Published: Dec 17, 2025Duration: 57m 38s
Season 1 - Episode 18
Side Effects May Include... 2/3 | Modern Call of Cthulhu
The sleep study gets a whole lot weirder as everyone beds down for the night. By morning nothing feels quite right and one participant mysteriously vanishes. Everyone is pretty sure this study isn’t what they signed up for.Content Warnings: children in peril, drugging, harm to livestock, kidnapping, body horror (fingernails), drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreColton Dunn as Dr. Reginald BiggsMary Lou as Beth SilvermanScott Dorward as Charlie Finchcuppycup as...
Published: Dec 10, 2025Duration: 49m 14s
Season 1 - Episode 17
Side Effects May Include... 1/3 with Colton Dunn
Join Ross Bryant and special guest Colton Dunn for an improvised Call of Cthulhu adventure about a clinical sleep trial that already feels a little too good to be true. The weirdness starts creeping in almost immediately.Content Warnings: children in peril, harm to livestock, fear of kidnapping and sex trafficking, body horror, drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreColton Dunn as Dr. Reginald BiggsMary Lou as Beth SilvermanScott Dorward as Charlie Finch...
Published: Dec 3, 2025Duration: 50m 42s
Season 1 - Episode 16
The Right Stuff 3/3 | Improv Call of Cthulhu
The band heads into a remote town hoping to help a girl in trouble. As tensions rise and trust cracks, the group tries to stick together even as the world around them stops making sense.Content Warnings: teens in peril, body horror, drugging, eating sounds, religious themes, sexual themes, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenberg as Bobby KingPaula Deming as B.B. Bakercuppycup as Chris HollowayDialogue...
Published: Nov 26, 2025Duration: 57m 56s
Season 1 - Episode 15
The Right Stuff 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu 1990s Modern
The band stumbles deeper into the trees and finds a girl who really shouldn’t be where she is. They try to help, then detour to a tiny town with a very quiet church because that should be safe.Content Warnings: teen in peril, body horror, screams, eating sounds, mention of PTSD, religious themes, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenberg as Bobby KingPaula Deming as B.B. Bakercuppycup as Chris Ho...
Published: Nov 19, 2025Duration: 55m 1s
Season 1 - Episode 14
The Right Stuff 1/3 with Matt Young
A boy band called The Other Side hits the road after a mall signing. Between fame, rivalry, and an ambitious manager, the guys are already cracking before the real weirdness starts.Content Warnings: children in peril, body horror, sexual innuendo, parasocial behavior, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenberg as Bobby KingPaula Deming as B.B. Bakercuppycup as Chris HollowayDialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup<...
Published: Nov 12, 2025Duration: 48m 15s
Season 1 - Episode 13
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 3/3 | Actual Play Halloween
As the Miskatonic University reunion spirals out of control, strange forces awaken in the campus natatorium. The investigators face impossible choices as something ancient rises. Will anyone answer its call?Content Warnings: body horror, bullying, drowning, self-harm, fire, mass death, innuendo, intense sound effects, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly Burch as Angel CoffieldRashawn Scott as Diana PatterPaula Deming as Judy Browncuppycup as Hal MeddlerDialogue Editing by Scott Dorward...
Published: Nov 5, 2025Duration: 49m 14s
Season 1 - Episode 12
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Halloween
A reunion at Miskatonic University takes a turn as old memories resurface. The nostalgic scavenger hunt quickly unravels into cosmic terror for our investigators. Things are about to get wet, weird, and deeply unsettling.Content Warnings: body horror, bullying, drowning, self-harm, sexism, innuendo, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly Burch as Angel CoffieldRashawn Scott as Diana PatterPaula Deming as Judy Browncuppycup as Hal MeddlerDialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and...
Published: Oct 29, 2025Duration: 47m 59s
Season 1 - Episode 11
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 1/3 w/ Ashly Burch
The class of 1931 returns to Miskatonic University for a Halloween reunion in 1951. Old classmates reunite and stir up memories that won’t stay buried. A scavenger hunt leads them into the haunted halls of campus. Has the past been waiting for them all along?Content Warnings: war trauma, sexism, mild innuendo, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly Burch as Angel CoffieldRashawn Scott as Diana PatterPaula Deming as Judy Browncuppycup as Hal Meddler<br...
Published: Oct 22, 2025Duration: 1h 2m 19s
Season 1 - Episode 10
What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 2/2 | Call of Cthulhu in France
Our investigators tumble deeper into Cécile Swann’s world, where sanity stretches thin. What begins as a strange investigation plunges through impossible spaces. Somewhere between love, madness, and creation, they may finally discover what makes the windmill bleed.Content Warnings: gore, body horror, violence, sexual references, self-harm, gaslighting, profanity, alcohol useFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAbubakar Salim as Bill BuckarooJosephine McAdam as Margot AbadieScott Dorward as Henri Roicuppycup as Marcel DuboisDialogue Edi...
Published: Oct 15, 2025Duration: 1h 4m 55s
Season 1 - Episode 9
What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 1/2 w/ Abubakar Salim
Paris, 1890-something? The Moulin Rouge burns bright with music, lust, and secrets. Our investigators tumble through the velvet haze of Montmartre. An ex-dancer, an eccentric poet, a music box artisan, and a guy named Bill Buckaroo. What begins as backstage chaos soon drips into something much darker.Content Warnings: gore, violence, sexual references, gaslighting, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAbubakar Salim as Bill BuckarooJosephine McAdam as Margot AbadieScott Dorward as Henri Roicuppycup as...
Published: Oct 8, 2025Duration: 1h 2m 48s
Season 1 - Episode 8
The Day We Met? 3/3 | Actual Play Improv Comedy
In this actual play episode, we’re back in a scary place where the angles don’t make sense and neither do our choices. Luck just keeps running out inside the weird geometry of Keystone Tower. Feelings get messy and something impossible squeezes its way into the night in our Call of Cthulhu one-shot finale.Content Warnings: body horror, violence, gunshot SFX, sexual innuendo, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreRashawn Scott as Pamela ForgePaula Deming as Lucy FlowersScott Dorward as M...
Published: Oct 1, 2025Duration: 50m 43s
Season 1 - Episode 7
The Day We Met? 2/3 | Actual Play One-Shot Adventure
In this actual play episode, our Call of Cthulhu investigators step into the gleaming halls of Keystone Tower. Strange architecture blurs the line between reality and illusion in this cosmic horror scenario. Nothing about this visit goes quite as planned.Content Warnings: drugging, sexual innuendo, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreRashawn Scott as Pamela ForgePaula Deming as Lucy FlowersScott Dorward as Marty Shellcuppycup as Jordan BenningDialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup<...
Published: Sep 24, 2025Duration: 49m 14s
Season 1 - Episode 6
The Day We Met? 1/3 w/ Rashawn Scott
The cast dives headfirst into an improvised TTRPG romantic comedy. What starts as quirky New Yorkers juggling careers and love lives begins to spiral. Maybe, just maybe, the universe has bigger plans than anyone expects in this Call of Cthulhu one-shot game.Content Warnings: drug and alcohol use, sexual innuendo, animal endangerment, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreRashawn Scott as Pamela ForgePaula Deming as Lucy FlowersScott Dorward as Marty Shellcuppycup as Jordan Benning...
Published: Sep 17, 2025Duration: 50m 26s
Season 1 - Episode 5
The Obverse of the Mirror 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot
In this improv horror episode, fire spreads and choices spiral out of control in this actual play one-shot finale. Dreams blur with reality as allies and enemies both reveal unexpected sides. Will everyone make it back out, and if so will they be happy living with the forbidden knowledge of cosmic horrors?Content Warnings: self-harm, body horror, psychological horror, depictions of violence and gore, themes of body image insecurity, drowning, unsettling imagery, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LorePaula Deming as Anna St. Clair...
Published: Sep 10, 2025Duration: 1h 3m 30s
Season 1 - Episode 4
The Obverse of the Mirror 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Actual Play
In this actual play episode, the group goes all in on a séance, but things don’t exactly go as planned . The mirror has its own secrets, and soon enough, they’re up against eldritch horror they can barely comprehend.Content Warnings: psychological horror, depictions of violence and gore, drug use, smoking, unsettling imagery, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LorePaula Deming as Anna St. ClairScott Dorward as Jasper BastianVirginia Lee as Claire Windbycuppycup as Silas Watso...
Published: Sep 10, 2025Duration: 1h 0m 8s
Season 1 - Episode 3
The Obverse of the Mirror 1/3 w/ Paula Deming
In this Call of Cthulhu TTRPG one-shot, the group dives into a story set in Victorian England. A croquet champion, an occult shopkeeper, a Pinkerton agent, and a decadent artist find themselves drawn into the orbit of a strange aristocrat with a disturbing new acquisition. What begins as witty banter over beauty and decadence soon takes a darker turn into psychological horror when the artifact is unveiled.Content Warnings: psychological horror, depictions of violence and gore, themes of body image insecurity, unsettling imagery, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane...
Published: Sep 10, 2025Duration: 48m 53s